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> Charge at the supermarket, or the mall or the library or at the gas station, at your friends or at work or wherever works best for you. Chicago doesn't have
by dominotw 4y ago
> Charge at the supermarket, or the mall or the library or at the gas station, at your friends or at work or wherever works best for you.
Chicago doesn't have libraries that have EV chargers, my friends live in the city too, there are no garages here. My work doesn't provide parking (no one does downtown chicago), let alone parking with EV charging.
>It's entirely possible to own an EV and not have access to home charging
my Point is that this will unfairly punish ppl without a home/garage.
Its an unreasonable burden proven by the fact that people don't buy EVs without home chargers. Only thing that clearly works best is home charging.
hypothetically imagine govt banning home chargers. How do you think that would be received ?
- ZeroGravitas 4y ago> Chicago doesn't have libraries that have EV chargers, my friends live in the city too, there are no garages here. My work doesn't provide parking (no one does downtown chicago), let alone parking with EV charging. Okay, so the problem is, urban Chicago hasnt yet installed suitable EV charging. Presumably they have parking for their cars and gas stations, they've just not bothered to add charging to them. They should do that. It's not particularly hard. Chicago even publish simple PDF guides for owners and tenants of apartments to talk them through it: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/progs/env/drive_electric_chicago.html https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/progs/env/drive_electric_chi... and they seem to have planned for it: https://www.utilitydive.com/news/chicago-requires-new-residential-commercial-construction-include-ev-chargi/576885/ https://www.utilitydive.com/news/chicago-requires-new-reside... So, it's all good. They even note how EV charging can lead to lower energy prices for those that don't own an EV. A win-win-win.